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cockscomb in French

cockscomb in French is crête de coq, crête — cockscomb means the soft red growth on top of a rooster's head.

cockscomb in French

crête de coq
noun
A fleshy red crest of a rooster
crête
noun
A fleshy red crest of a rooster

What does "cockscomb" mean?

  1. noun The soft red growth on top of a rooster's head.
  2. noun A red hat once worn by court jesters.
  3. noun A flowering plant native to Europe and Asia, also called yellow rattle.
  4. noun A garden plant that lives for a single year and bears bright, showy red flower clusters.
    "She saw a square picture framed in the window, two whitewashed cottages each with a little winding path, a bed of red and yellow cockscomb, a sloping field, a row of gum-trees, a child in a blue sunbonnet carrying a basket."
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cockscomb in a sentence

  • She saw a square picture framed in the window, two whitewashed cottages each with a little winding path, a bed of red and yellow cockscomb, a sloping field, a row of gum-trees, a child in a blue sunbonnet carrying a basket.

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What is "cockscomb" in French?
"cockscomb" in French is crête de coq, crête. cockscomb means: The soft red growth on top of a rooster's head.
Are there other ways to say "cockscomb" in French?
Yes — French has 2 translations listed for "cockscomb": crête de coq, crête.
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